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NPS codeine update
Tuesday | Jan 30 2018NPS MedicineWise has posted information and resources for health professionals and consumers on its website, to support healthcare professionals and their customers dealing with chronic pain in the run-up to 01 Feb upscheduling of products containing codeine.
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AMR and dispensing
Tuesday | Jan 30 2018COMMUNITY pharmacy dispensing of antibiotics has been placed under the microscope in a study investigating the "relationship between antimicrobial-resistance programs and antibiotic dispensing for upper respiratory tract infection: An analysis of Australian data between 2004 and 2015".
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Pain scepticism hurts
Tuesday | Jan 30 2018NEW research released ahead of the 01 Feb codeine upscheduling has demonstrated that one of the significant impacts for chronic pain sufferers is widespread scepticism about the veracity of their pain story, from friends, family and colleagues as well as from health professionals.
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Foster bankrupted
Tuesday | Jan 30 2018THE Federal Court declared Peter Foster bankrupt last week, granting the ACCC's application for a sequestration order after he failed to pay costs in the long-running SensaSlim matter (PD 02 Dec 2011).
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Injector ‘a’ flag call
Tuesday | Jan 30 2018IN RESPONSE to recent stock issues involving Mylan's Epipen autoinjector, Sun Pharma has submitted to the Mar PBAC meeting that its AdrenaJect adrenaline (epinephrine) autoinjector be listed as substitutable, "a" flagged, with the Epipen product.
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Gong for Mikac
Tuesday | Jan 30 2018BYRON Bay-based pharmacist Walter Mikac was also cited in this year's Australia Day Honours (PD yesterday), receiving an AM for significant service to the community as an advocate for gun control.
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MHR consultation
Tuesday | Jan 30 2018BY THE end of 2018, all Australians will have a My Health Record (MHR) unless they choose otherwise, prompting the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) to open a public consultation aimed at creating guidelines for pharmacists around its use.
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Paracetamol is NICE
Tuesday | Jan 30 2018ANTIBIOTICS are over-prescribed for sore throats, according to the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
